However, I do fear that the vote could become an empty exercise. Speaking personally, I don’t really care who bidders are, what realm they operate in or where they are based but I am deeply concerned about two factors – do they have the finances to be able to run the club without plunging it into debt and most importantly of all, do they have the best intentions of the club at heart.

So, while Norman Smurthwaite says the bidders have the required finances, there is no information available to fans about their intentions for the club. What’s more as both are described as “hedge funds” the shambolic decline of Coventry City under hedge fund SISU immediately springs to mind.

So, while I am happy to agree to the chairman’s request, I do hope that the main element that he will draw from the poll and thread is that fans simply don’t have enough information to make up their minds.

And unless the interested parties decide to engage fully with the fans and can demonstrate that they care about Port Vale’s future, doubts will no doubt remain.